Wendi, Were you protecting your modem from surges also? That topic was a thread on here maybe within the past year along with what makes for a "good" surge protector (IMHO-lifetime warranty and insurance protection). If yours was a "good" one, you'll want to save it for the manufacturer and might get your repair or replacements costs paid for. Good luck,
Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:00:21 -0400 Brian <brimac at mac.com> writes: > I wouldn't worry about updating the firmware right now. > I would zap the pram again, holding it for three chimes and then > letting it start up form your OS CDROM or DVD. > Run disk first aid in the utilities folder. Change your start up > disk > back to the way it was. Then start up normally. > If you cant get this far your computer could very well be damaged. > > Brian O'Neal > On Jul 17, 2004, at 7:20 PM, Wendi Williams wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > > I am afraid that the storm last night may have fried my computer. > > > > I have a G4 dual 1gig tower, and it lost power in a crash of > thunder > > and lightning last night. This morning it would not start up > through > > the surge protector, but started up fine when plugged directly > into > > the wall outlet. I promptly bought a new surge protector, but then > the > > computer would not shut down - it repeatedly restarted when I told > it > > to shut down. I decided to try changing the start up disk (my hard > > > drive is in 3 partitions - OSX, OS9 and the third partition with > both > > 9 and X) to the partition with both 9 and X. Then when I tried to > > > restart, it would only give me the blank gray screen. I restarted, > > > zapping the pram, and now it won't even give me the start up > chimes. I > > can shut it down only by pulling the plug or holding the power > button > > for 6 seconds. Then it will not start up at all unless I turn the > > > surge protector off and on again - then it starts up without > pushing > > the power button at all. > > > > I found info on the Apple site saying to try updating the > firmware, > > but I can't start up all the way to do that. I tried unplugging > > everything but the monitor, keyboard and mouse, but no luck. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Wendi ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
